Mas Oyama's book "The Essential Karate" is perhaps the easiest source for a beginning martial artist to use to gain knowledge about this interesting artform. KyokushinKai-Kan Karate, also known as the assocaition for the search in ultimate truth in Karate, was founded in the early 1950's. Matsutatsu Oyama, the founder, created a Karate style that is derived from Shotokan and Goju-Ryu. In doing so he started one of the most powerful and most widely respected martial forms. Kyokushin is extremely popular with over ten million practitioners in the world today. This book will enable the beginner and the expert to unravel Master Oyama's thoughts on how this art should be performed. It will explain in detail and with photos all of the basic manuevers. Each page is well illustrated with reasons why each attack or defense is done. Also included are basic self defenses and a history of martial arts. Due to both of Master Oyama's other book being out of print this manuel is a indespensable tool for any martial artist. Further more it is clearly the best available and affordable tool for the adherent to this style. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It will put the extra umph into each punch and kick that you do.

Choki Motobu. Probably the event most responsible for the worldwide popularity of karate is Master Choki Motobu-s defeat of a Western boxer in 1925. Initially ridiculed by the audience at an -all-comers- prizefight in Kyoto, Japan, laughter turned to stunned silence when the middle-aged and rather portly Okinawan karate man knocked his strongly built young opponent unconscious within seconds. Karate became an overnight sensation, and the mainland Japanese embraced the art as their own.

World Oyama Karate. Perfect Karate. The #1 selling martial arts video in Japan. Starring Grand Masters Shigeru Oyama,Yasuhiko Oyama, Miyuki Miura, and top students. The most basic fundamentals through full contact sparring. The secrets of successful combinations. Detailed self-defense methods. A must for any serious student of Karate from beginner to advanced! Second part include Advanced techniques for Advanced students and Instructors.

Defend yourself! And learn how to do it right with the only comprehensive book on karate weapons ever published! Shown are the proper usage and katas for seven lethal karate weapons: nunchaku, yawara stick, sai, fighting knife, tonfa, staff and bo.